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Accessibility Denied

This book explores the societal resistance to accessibility for persons with disabilities, and tries to set an example of how to study exclusion in a time when numerous policies promise inclusion. With 12 chapters organised in three parts, the book takes a comprehensive approach to accessibility, covering transport and communication, knowledge and education, law and organisation. Topics within a wide cross-disciplinary field are covered, including disability studies, social work, sociology, ethnology, social anthropology, and history. The main example is Sweden, with its implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities within the context of the Nordic welfare state. By identifying and discussing persistent social and cultural conditions as well as recurring situations and interactions that nurture resistance to advancing accessibility, despite various strong laws promoting it, the book’s conclusions are widely transferable. It argues for the value of alternating between methods, theoretical perspectives, and datasets to explore how new arenas, resources and technologies cause new accessibility concerns — and possibilities — for persons living with impairments. We need to be able to follow actors closely to uncover how they feel, act, and argue, but also to connect to wider discursive and institutional patterns and systems. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of disability studies, social work, sociology, ethnology, social anthropology, political science, and organisation studies.

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Series Title
Interdisciplinary Disability Studies,
Call Number
Disability: social aspects
Publisher
: Taylor & Francis.,
Collation
oer.unej.ac.id
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
9781003120452
Classification
Disability: social aspects
Content Type
text
Media Type
computer
Carrier Type
online resource
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Subject(s)
Social Aspects
Disability
Social Services
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Statement of Responsibility
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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72655
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Suwardi
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.4324/9781003120452
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